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Artist Joseph Stabilito

Every painting is a personal journey, an evolving narrative about what I have
learned in relation to color, texture, and line. For me, the process itself is
the struggle and the joy.
In my recent work, pools of paint congeal into organic shapes. Brooding
backgrounds are cloaked in mystery. Compulsive line drawing defines
volume and space.
Images are applied, considered, and obfuscated leaving behind ghostly
reminders of came before. Color is dripped, scraped, and smudged away
obsessively. Intuitive gestures alter the destiny of every work.
But in the final assessment, the challenge is to provide the viewer with an
emotional spark, a connection to the work by way of my own excitement
and vision.JOSEPH STABILITOS work is in many public and private collections in New York,
the United States, and Europe. As well, his work can be seen in the upcoming
Batman movie being released 2015.
Stabilito first displayed his large scale paintings in the windows of Bonwitt Teller,
an upscale ladies department store in Philadelphia. That was followed with the
first solo exhibition of his work at the Sande Webster Gallery in 1982. He moved to
New York the following year, as his paintings were being featured in the windows
of Bloomingdales. That made a particular splash, attracting a fan base of
notable designers and collectors to his work. Saks Fifth Avenue and Paul Smith
prominently put his colorful paintings in their own windows. Stabilito settled into
the burgeoning East Village art scene, while having gallery shows in Italy,
Germany, and across the United States. His work was shown at the prestigious
Navy Pier Show in Chicago, and the very first Miami Art Fair.
Stabilito continues to paint today from a studio on Canal Street in Manhattan,
and is constantly exploring new directions for his work. His latest paintings are
being shown at the New York Design Center.
His work has been seen in publications including ART IN AMERICA, THE
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, NEW YORK MAGAZINE, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, THE NY
TIMES, ART FORUM, ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST, & COUNTRY LIVING MAGAZINE.